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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 12, 20142 min read
Death Tour 2014: Everyday Magic, Day 797
Portrait of the artist recovering with her cat Within one week, I attended my uncle’s moving funeral in New Jersey, our dear community...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 9, 20142 min read
Maggie, the Heartbeat of What It Means to Be Alive: Everyday Magic, Day 796
Although I didn’t know Maggie for decades or pal around big-time for her, whenever I saw her, we got right down to it: cancer (first...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 19, 20142 min read
The Blessing of Sig: Everyday Magic, Day 791
Sig, who also officiated over our son’s bris, wrote this welcome to our daughter a few days after her birth in April of 1992: The birth...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 23, 20142 min read
Why You Should Support the Best Work Of One of the Best Musicians: Everyday Magic, Day 788
Kelley and some of the musicians she recorded with in Nashville Yesterday I listened to one of the most beautiful albums in my life:...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 17, 20143 min read
On the Other Side of Surgery: Everyday Magic, Day 760
Sunset with a tunnel of red light the first night home Time is a strange substance that envelopes us. A day ago, a week ago, a year...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 17, 20132 min read
When I Was Growing Up: Everyday Magic, Day 717
When I was growing up, a high school teacher would stretch forth one arm, drop his wrist dramatically, swish, and imitate Charles Nelson...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 16, 20133 min read
The Invisibility of Privilege: Everyday Magic, Day 716
As I read about the Trayvon Martin murder and subsequent trial, I can’t stop thinking about the obvious: the invisibility of privilege,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 23, 20132 min read
“The Gift Must Move” and the Changing of Kansas Poets Laureate: Everyday Magic, Day 705
This moment is especially sweet for me. My term, which has been easing to a close with the announcement of Wyatt’s appointment at the end...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 21, 20132 min read
After 19 Years Our Family Graduates From the Lawrence School System: Everyday Magic, Day 704
For us, it started with Daniel at New York School in a kindergarten class in which all the kids did Army boot camp style call and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 5, 20131 min read
When the Time Comes: A Poem for Thad Holcombe: Everyday Magic, Day 701
When the Time Comes To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Mar 11, 20131 min read
Playing It Forward: Everyday Magic, Day 682
We met the 29 wondrous souls who signed up in October for the first all-day session, saw them again for another day As for the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Feb 28, 20134 min read
Missing Hadassah: Everyday Magic, Day 681
Two weeks ago, I got the call from Hadassah’s son: she only had a few hours left, and since she gave me her funeral wishes, could I send...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 31, 20122 min read
Last Morning of the Year: Everyday Magic, Day 665
It’s the last morning of 2012, a year that doesn’t translate for me easily into a phrase or two. It was hotter than hell. The drought did...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 30, 20122 min read
The Morning After the Party: Everyday Magic, Day 664
Mariah, worn out by sleeping through the parties The morning after the party has always been a time of curious calm and delight for me in...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 21, 20122 min read
The Evening After the End of Days: Everyday Magic, Day 661
Natalie and I celebrate the end of the world with matching pajamas that kind of match our kitty too Although I know the Mayans didn’t...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 16, 20123 min read
Needle in the Bone Book Launch: Everyday Magic, Day 660
All day leading up to the event was a combination of all-okay and all-not-okay because, as Jarek said during the launch, “This is also...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 23, 20122 min read
In 20 Years, We’ll Remember This Dinner As So Wonderful & Other Truths: Everyday Magic, D
It was the spur of the moment. It was bound to happen. It was unexpected too, involving the Bizarre Bazaar, a sudden cold front and a lot...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 15, 20123 min read
Goodbye, Milton’s! I Loved You at First Bite: Everyday Magic, Day 647
Goodbye, dear French toast! I remember the first day I shlepped my computer to Milton’s Restaurant. Like many of the Java Dive regulars —...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 7, 20124 min read
A Letter to Republicans From An Obama Supporter: Everyday Magic, Day 645
Dear Republican friends and readers, Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I promise that I’m not writing to gloat, but to...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Nov 1, 20122 min read
A Jersey Girl Thinks About the Shore: Everyday Magic, Day 643
Long Beach Island When you grow up where I did, when the temperature or boredom rises, you head to the shore, 20-40 minutes away...
